"Know Your Place," the Duke Told Her — She Curtsied, Left, and Bought the Estate Beside His

When the Duke of Wexley humiliates Cassandra Pike in front of the whole county, telling the shipping magnate's daughter to remember her place, she does something no one expects — she agrees completely, curtsies with perfect grace, and walks straight out the door. By morning her solicitor has purchased the ruined estate bordering the Duke's own land, along with the only water source that keeps his tenants' fields alive through the summer. What follows is not revenge, but something far more dangerous to a proud man's heart: patience, fairness, and a woman who refuses to be anyone's inferior. As drought threatens his lands and his mother pushes him toward a bride "of proper birth," the Duke must decide what he actually owes the woman he wronged — and whether pride is worth more than the only person who has ever truly matched him. Will he learn his place before he loses her for good? duke romance, regency romance, historical romance audiobook, clean historical romance, duke and commoner romance, enemies to lovers regency, slow burn duke romance, second chance romance, wealthy heroine romance, regency England romance, victorian romance story, duke romance audiobook, romance for women over 60, sweet historical romance, forbidden class romance, strong heroine historical fiction, arranged marriage romance, period drama romance story, England 1826 romance, love story audiobook